acquisitive

From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite +‎ -ive.

• enPR: əkwĭz'ətĭv, IPA^(key): /əˈkwɪzətɪv/

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acquisitive (comparative more acquisitive, superlative most acquisitive)

1. (obsolete) Acquired.
2. Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

   He is an acquisitive person.

   She has an acquisitive nature.

3. Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

   Synonym: inquisitive

• “acquisitive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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acquisitive

1. feminine singular of acquisitif

acquisitive

1. feminine plural of acquisitivo